§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the number of claimants and their dependants living below the supplementary benefit and income support line in each year since 1979.
§ Miss WiddecombeNumbers of individuals and their dependants with incomes below supplementary benefit levels for the years 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1985, are held in the low income family tables, copies of which are available in the Library. In October 1990, the Institute for Fiscal Studies published data for 1987. This is the latest available information as these tables are no longer published. Any further figures could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the number of claimants and their dependants on supplementary benefit and income support for each year since 1979.
§ Miss WiddecombeThis information is published annually in the supplementary benefits or income support statistics. Copies of these reports are available in the Library.